This is the one “unique” gift I was able to make this year for Father’s Day. I was inspired by my husband and the updating of our home office.
He has his side of the room and it’s so bare compared to mine. I wanted to make him something that was 1) not girly and 2) reflected him.
To make this, I found this roll of cork board at JoAnn’s. It was either $3.99 or $4.99. Use your coupon and get it super cheap!
Please note, it is very thin. I’m thinking of adding another layer for more support. I could have bought a regular bulletin board to do this….maybe I’ll redo it? Anyways, it’s still cute, no matter what. I could even be painted and made into wall art!
I then went web searching and found a silhouette that I liked. I rasterized it to make it print out on multiple sheets of paper (a program I found via Ashley). This made it big enough for me. I think you can do this somehow with regular computer programs, but I didn’t have time to look into it. So, I printed the pieces out, cut it out, and taped the pieces together.
Then I grabbed a sharpie and placed it wrong side up on the back of the cork board. I used the sharpie to trace it.
If you make a personalized bulletin board/wall art, please share your pictures in the flickr group.
Lacey says
June 17, 2010 at 2:30 pmThis is awesome, thank you! I have some cork board lying around and this will be perfect for it 🙂
Just this... Alice says
June 17, 2010 at 2:40 pmThat is the greatest idea for a Fathers Day gift for the men who have an office at home. Is there patterns for other man stuff? Would like a race car for my son in law. Thanks for sharing and the idea to paint and (glue?) to a regular bulletin board.
Pursewna says
June 17, 2010 at 9:32 pmI was just trying to figure out what helo silouhette that was then I was the Coast Guard patch that you have posted… my husband’s a helo pilot with the Navy so I knew it was something similar! 🙂 LOVE this idea!!!
Athena says
June 17, 2010 at 11:34 pmThis post was too funny. I just bought the same roll of cork at Michaels and made a jewelery board with it AND I did 2 layers because it a bit thin but two layers did work great for my purposes. What about gluing it to a piece of foam core board for sturdiness?
Kelly says
June 18, 2010 at 6:58 amThis is such a great and creative gift idea!! Thanks!!
<3 Kelly
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Lacy says
June 19, 2010 at 12:04 pmVery clever idea. I’m sure he’ll love it. I’ve been wanting to try a craft with some corkboard for a while.